Pie Squared <PieSquared@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> So, is there some way to have a conservative GC which moves it's
> objects around?
The classic approach would be to sacrifice one bit to distinguish
between integers and pointers, but I guess this would turn the
GC into a precise one. Why do you want to use a conservative GC?
> Explanations, ideas, hints, links to papers - anything is welcome.
> Thanks!
Boehm's collector appears to be a conservative copying collector.
See Boehm, Weiser "Garbage collection in an uncooperative environment",
Software Practice and Experience 18(9):807-820, 1988.
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